Author: Henry James Sumner Maine

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The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

The Roman jurisprudence has the longest known history of any set of human institutions.

- Henry James Sumner Maine

Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.

Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.

- Henry James Sumner Maine

The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing.

The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing.

- Henry James Sumner Maine

The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place of assumption.

The inquiries of the jurist are in truth prosecuted much as inquiry in physic and physiology was prosecuted before observation had taken the place of assumption.

- Henry James Sumner Maine

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